Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
baroque violin, Bach Violin Sonata No 2, community recital
College
Fine Arts and Communications
Department
Music
Abstract
For my project, I learned and performed Bach Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor on baroque violin and performed it in a community recital. In the Baroque era, the violin was strung with gut strings and played with a shorter, lighter bow. This instrument was ideal for the Baroque style of music which calls for quick articulations, and a more buoyant tone. But overtime the instrument evolved into the modern violin which has greater tension in steel strings tuned a half-step higher, and played with a longer, heavier bow. This allows the violin to produce a larger sound, but the increase in tension on the instrument requires a change in the musician’s technique. Twentieth century playing styles of long strokes and continuous vibrato, but performing baroque era music calls for different techniques.
Recommended Citation
Bennion, Anne and Woods, Alexander
(2017)
"Baroque Performance,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2017:
Iss.
1, Article 131.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2017/iss1/131